Satellite Celebrates 20 Years Working in Orbit

Posted by michael on Monday March 1, 2004 @09:41AM from the retirement-age dept.

lloydwood writes "The UoSAT-2/UO-11 small satellite was launched into low Earth orbit on 1 March 1984 from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Twenty years later, it's still in orbit and operational -- and we recently found launch footage. To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of starting in orbit, the original video celebrating the UoSAT-2 launch is available (in windows media and mpeg). Thrill to the computers, the clothes, and the haircuts of 1984. SSTL has launched more than twenty satellites since."

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Re:I bet... by Em+Emalb · 2004-03-01 09:45 · Score: 0, Redundant

You bet it runs Unix?

BRILLIANT!!!

Please help me

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Lame song..... by ThomasFlip · 2004-03-01 09:49 · Score: 0, Redundant

That has to be the absolute most lamest song I have ever heard in all my time on the Internet. It's a cross between New Order and a rocket science textbook.

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